Chapter 20: Sold by Grandma
The sounds in the main room had stopped at some point, so Shu Yu heard everything the two children said.
For some reason, her eyes welled up slightly.
Sanya didn't have many candies to begin with, and with this distribution, she had none left to eat.
The old lady naturally heard it too; she turned her face away, her expression slightly somber.
Shu Yu couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Grandma Lu, although it may be a bit presumptuous, I still want to ask, how did Er Ya get lost?"
The old lady paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "What's with the talk of being presumptuous? It's no secret, everyone knows. Our family has really messed up, marrying a greedy and shameless in-law!"
Speaking of this, the old lady became angry, gritting her teeth, "That old woman from the Ruan family is a scoundrel. She heard that someone wanted to buy a newborn baby, and it just so happened that Er Ya had just been born. So, while the second son's wife was in confinement, she came to our house and said she wanted to take care of them. She's the child's maternal grandmother. How could we have known that she had such intentions? Before we were even paying attention, she took the baby away."
“That damned woman, selling the child is bad enough, but she doesn’t even know who the buyer is. We tried to find Er Ya, but the buyer isn’t from around here and has already left. I was truly blind to have chosen such a wife for my second son. If it weren’t for…”
If it weren't for the fact that Daya was still young at the time, the old lady would have really wanted the second son to divorce that jinx Ruan Shi.
Fortunately, Ruan Shi did not have a good relationship with her family, and they had lost contact over the years; otherwise, she would have kicked Ruan Shi out long ago.
Shu Yu was stunned. It turned out that her maternal grandparents' family had done this?
No wonder she kept her head down and let the old lady scold her when she scolded Ruan Shi, even speaking in a low voice.
However, it is clear that Ruan must have been under immense psychological pressure, worrying about Er Ya who had been sold, while also suffering from the torment of self-blame.
The old lady said, "We reported this to the authorities, but our county magistrate..." He didn't care and insisted that these were all family matters, and that if they made a fuss, everyone would be dragged out and beaten.
Shu Yu frowned, not surprised.
Master Shu was the prefect of Dong'an Prefecture. The entire Shu family was cold and ruthless, and Master Shu himself was no good official, having handled countless dirty deeds. With such a corrupt head, it's no surprise that the officials in his subordinate counties were also negligent in their duties.
"Later, I gathered the men in my family and the people in the village to settle accounts with the Ruan family, and we got into a fight. The old woman from the Ruan family was bedridden for half a year before she got up. In the years that followed, my second son kept looking for Er Ya, not missing a single clue. Whenever he heard of a lead, he would run over to look for it, and he went to many places."
As she spoke, the old lady looked at the house. "This family has become poorer and poorer. Sometimes I think, maybe we should just give up. Maybe Er Ya is doing well now and enjoying life. But my second son said, what if it's not good? What if Er Ya is suffering and waiting for us to rescue her? If we give up, then Er Ya will really be finished."
Shu Yu lowered her head, her hands on the table clenched into fists, gripping them tightly.
The old lady wiped her eyes. "Miss Shu, actually, I have my own reasons for telling you all this."
Shu Yu raised her head.
(End of this chapter)
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